Chapter 758: Hongmen Banquet

Originally today, a group of concubines came to greet the empress dowager who was recovering from a serious illness. The queen mother thought that she was suffocating in the Ci Ning Palace all day, and she was about to get moldy, so she took advantage of this opportunity for everyone to see her and have a good time.
Therefore, the Queen Mother ordered the people of the Cining Palace to prepare, and set up a play in the maple forest outside the Cining Palace, and invited everyone to watch the play and enjoy the scenery. It is also to relax your mind and body, and to get rid of the bad feelings and worries in your heart for so long.
When the concubines and concubines came to the maple grove under the leadership of the maids and eunuchs arranged by the queen mother, the maple leaves full of trees from a distance were like flying red butterflies, slowly falling from the trees. Like a beautiful picture scroll, it is full of life.
It makes people feel like they are in a dream, unbelievably illusory, and every step taken, it seems that the whole body has a lot of lightness. Even the concubine De Fei, who has been in the palace after being sick for many years, was invited to attend.
"Wow, elder sister, this is really a personal wonderland. I heard a long time ago that there is an extremely beautiful maple forest outside the Empress Dowager’s Ci Ning Palace. I thought that no matter how beautiful it is, there are trees. Come to see you today, it really deserves your name!"
Jiabi stretched out her hand with excitement, stepped ecstatically on the fallen maple tree, and couldn't help turning around in a circle. Can't blame Jiabi for being frivolous, even other people could not help but want With the urge to dance with these beautiful and stunning maple leaves.
"You can slow down, be careful, don't fall, otherwise, you won't see the Queen Mother's play later." The Xu Guiren on the side was so happy to see Jiabi, he followed without a trace of restraint. Relaxed, and quickly joked with a smile.
Xu Guiren looked at Jiabi without paying attention, and almost ran into a tree several times. He hurriedly reached out and pulled Jiabi back. The two of them laughed and cursed like this, very happy.
Even Du Xuechun, De Fei and Xu Chang who came afterwards couldn't help but sigh secretly when they saw this scene in front of them.
The beauty of this nature is really the most soul-purifying, even the people in the harem who are usually dull after seeing this scene can be the most real and the most comfortable laugh.
When Jiabi and Xu Guiren saw Du Xuechun and the others, slowly coming towards them, they hurriedly stopped, lowered their heads to tidy up their clothes, and hurriedly walked to Du Xuechun and De Fei. In front of him, he bends down respectfully and salutes both of them in unison:
"Meet the Empress Empress, Empress De Consort!"
When Du Xuechun and De Fei saw this, the two looked at each other and smiled at each other. The atmosphere was good just now, and it was destroyed so soon. The two couldn't help but got up secretly, but still smiled on their faces:
"No need to be polite, and get up quickly!"
"Yes!"
Jiabi and Xu Guiren stood up with stern expressions, followed Du Xuechun and Defei carefully, and followed Du Xuechun and Defei to a scene that had already been set up.
"The empress, the atmosphere is so happy just now, why is it suddenly so low now?"
Seeing Jiabi and Xu Guiren behind him, the Concubine De Fei was very restrained. Even the face of Xu Changzai who was next to Du Xuechun's face disappeared. She couldn't help but jokes knowingly. While talking, she lifted up and caught a piece. The maple leaf that happened to fall quietly from the maple tree was carefully observed in the hand.
"Hahaha, maybe we are here!" Du Xuechun smiled heartily, and said bluntly.
Du Xuechun could understand that the empress mother had recovered from her illness and wanted to have a good time, but the place chosen by the queen mother is quite intriguing!
It's not good to choose, you have to choose the maple forest outside Ci Ning Palace. Could it be that the queen mother deliberately gathered everyone together and wanted to beat them well? Let everyone take Concubine Shu as an example, don't repeat the same mistakes?
"Queen Empress, you laughed, maybe it is the empress who is dignified and respectful, graceful and luxurious, even when everyone sees it, she can't help but respect her, she can't learn that frivolous appearance, just want to look at the beauty and beauty!" De Fei smiled and shook her head in denial.
"Haha, Concubine De, could it be that you are in good shape and are in a good mood? How come you are so funny and humorous even today, quite cute and playful as a handsome boy."
Du Xuechun smiled and looked at Concubine De Fei, who was standing a little behind her side. The light in her eyes darkened a little bit after looking at Concubine De Fei's radiant face.
"Ahem, Empress Empress, you said it, the concubine's body is still the same, but it is much better than before. Thank you Empress Empress for your memory."
Seeing Du Xuechun staring at herself intently, Fei Defei was a little flustered inexplicably, raising her hand and covering her mouth and chuckled a few times.
Jiabi and Xu Guiren standing behind, listening to every sentence Du Xuechun and Defei said were quite meaningful, and they all held their breaths, pricked their ears, and listened carefully.
Because the Queen Mother had not come yet, Du Xuechun, Concubine De Fei and the others could not take their seats. They could only wait quietly. After waiting for a long time, even Du Xuechun had stood a little tired, and the Queen Mother still did not come.
It was just that the queen mother sent the chief manager of the Cining Palace, Xu Gonggong, to spread the letter to everyone, saying that the queen mother was taking a bath and changing clothes and was on her way right away.
There is no way, everyone has to wait quietly, but fortunately, with the beautiful scenery, they are not too boring.
However, some concubines with low status and unranked names stood at the very end, supported by a close-fitting maid, and their feet hurt. Because Du Xuechun did not speak or walk around, they did not dare to move around. The next time I almost lost my footing and fell down swayingly.
Even the Concubine De, who has always been calm, couldn't help but secretly get unhappy in his heart, thinking, could this be the warning given to them by the Queen Mother?
It now appears that the invitation of the Queen Mother is like a banquet. In weekdays, the Queen Mother is kind and kind to everyone, and rarely scolds others with a straight face.
Even so, it still couldn't prevent a crowd of people from waiting to see the queen mother, and they were afraid, as if they were trembling in the face of a beast.
However, fortunately, they have been in the palace for so long and are used to all this, but some new concubines who enter the palace are afraid and scared when they face the queen mother.
"Everyone don’t need to be restrained, let’s walk around and move around, and see that several people’s legs are numb. Just don’t go too far. After all, this is the area under the jurisdiction of the empress dowager. It’s good to make the empress dowager displeased!"
Du Xuechun was looking at the surrounding scenery and was fascinated. Mingying, who was following Du Xuechun's side, suddenly quietly leaned into Du Xuechun's ear and asked Du Xuechun to look at the crowd behind him.
Du Xuechun turned around, and saw that because he didn't walk around casually, everyone else was standing still, not moving. Several people stood swaying, stumbling, and even wrinkled. He frowned and looked pained.
Du Xuechun then glanced at Mingying with a face of enlightenment, secretly embarrassed, and raised her voice to the concubines.
"Xie Empress Empress is compassionate!"
After hearing Du Xuechun's words, the concubines could not help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and each moved lightly.